Taisha - Daisha

Japanese: 台榭 - だいしゃ

Ancient Chinese elevated architecture. Originally, dai was a square elevated platform built by tamping down the earth, and xie was a wooden building built on top of an elevated platform; elevated buildings of this type are collectively called tai-xi. The term tai-xi appears in documents from the Spring and Autumn period onwards, including the Book of Shang, and tai-xi architecture was particularly popular in various countries during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, where it was used for purposes such as escaping the summer heat, observing the weather, and storing things. Not limited to single-story structures, excavated remains include stepped pyramids with several stories surrounded by wooden buildings. [Tanaka Tan]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，古代の高台式建築。本来，台は，土をつき固めて築いた方形の高台，榭は高台の上に木造の建物を築いたものをいい，この種の高台式建物を台榭と総称する。台榭の語は《尚書》をはじめ，春秋時代以降の文献に見え，とくに春秋戦国時代の諸国では台榭の建築が盛行し，避暑や気象観測，貯蔵などの用途に用いられた。単層とは限らず，数層の段状ピラミッドで周囲に木造建築をめぐらす形式の遺構も発掘されている。【田中淡】

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